Cardiac Diagnostics

This channel includes news, videos, podcasts and other content on new technology innovations for cardiac diagnostic systems and techniques. This includes laboratory testing, blood tests including troponin testing, electrocardiogram (ECG) systems, point of care testing systems, genetic testing, cardiac patient monitoring devices including wearable sensors, and studies showing new ways to diagnose heart diseases.

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Sept. 3, 2012  — Due to newly released evidence linking the aftermath of Japan’s 2011 earthquake with an increase in the ...

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August 30, 2012 — Copeptin predicts prognosis in patients with heart failure, according to research presented at the ...

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Verifynow platelet testing clopidogrel nonresponders
Feature | Nicole Fornell, Pharm D

A major issue with clopidogrel is that one-third of patients are nonresponders because they lack the enzymes to ...

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Ticagrelor, Brillinta, is the newest antiplatelet agent on the market. Ticagrelor is a reversible nonthienopyridine P2Y12 receptor antagonist that prevents signal transduction and platelet activation.
Feature | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies | Nicole Fornell, Pharm D

The standard-of-care for dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) for more than a decade has been clopidogrel (Plavix) plus ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

August 22, 2012 — Comedian Rosie O'Donnell’s heart attack last week is helping increase public education about how women ...

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August 13, 2012 — Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) has introduced a low-power, single-lead, heart rate monitor analog front end ...

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August 9, 2012 — CardioDx Inc. announced that Palmetto GBA, a national contractor that administers Medicare benefits ...

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GE Healthcare offers a virtual video tour of the London 2012 Olympic Village Polyclinic. This is the first time viewers ...

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July 26, 2012 — Cambridge Heart Inc., a developer of non-invasive diagnostic tests for cardiac disease, announced that ...

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July 26, 2012 — Transgenomic Inc. has announced that National Government Services, the designated Medicare fiscal ...

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July 23, 2012 — Biotronik announced that the first CRT-D patient has been enrolled in the Biotronik EuroEco Trial — the ...

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Each year, I find it interesting that some “new” technology being introduced by a vendor is actually an old, recycled ...

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An unusual exhibitor that seemed very out of place on the expo floor of the Heart Rhythm Society 2012 annual meeting was ...

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Feature | Raissa Rocha

The electrocardiogram (ECG) stress test remains one of the most widely used diagnostic tools for detecting coronary ...

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July 16, 2012 — LipoScience Inc., an in vitro diagnostic company developing clinical diagnostic tests using nuclear ...

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